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Fact vs Fiction: Dhurandhar 2 and the Reality of the “Unknown Gunmen”
Once I saw the movie, I realized why some are calling it BJP propaganda. In fact, a lot of reviewers specifically mention that the movie is good in the first half and becomes a complete propaganda in the second half. What makes them say that? Once I saw the movie, I realized what happens in…
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Fact vs Fiction: Dhurandhar 2, ₹60,000 Cr FICN, and the Real Impact of Demonetization
Dhurandhar dropped strong hints about the fake currency nexus—how the system operates, who prints the currency, how it is transported, and who the stakeholders are. In an earlier post, I compared the cinematic portrayal with real-world mechanisms and highlighted where the film aligned with reality and where it diverged. Have a look at : Fact…
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Dhurandhar Part 2: What Happens Next in Lyari? The Brutal Real-Life Deaths
Karachi’s Lyari was never just a slum. For decades, it functioned as a violent political laboratory where gangsters, politicians, intelligence agencies, and jihadist networks overlapped in ways that would make even the most cynical thriller writer pause. Power in Lyari was rarely decided by elections or courts. It was decided by guns, patronage networks, and…
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Fact vs Fiction: Border 2 and INS Khukri
The film depicts an encounter between an Indian naval frigate and a Pakistani submarine. The Indian ship is torpedoed, begins to sink—and in a final act of cinematic heroism, its captain destroys the enemy submarine before going down with his ship. This scene is not “creative liberty.”It is a complete distortion of history. And someone…
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Fact vs Fiction: Border 2 and The battle of Basantar
I’ve always had a problem with “historical” war films that freely mix facts with fiction and still market themselves as true stories. Creative liberty is fine. Intellectual dishonesty isn’t. Border (1997) worked despite its flaws. The music was iconic, the emotions landed, and most importantly, the film stayed focused on one battle — Longewala. Even…
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Kulbhushan Jadhav in Lyari: How ‘Dhurandhar’ Turned Pakistan’s Own Legal Dossier into a Cinematic Nightmare
The release of Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar in December 2025 has done more than just shatter box office records; it has ripped the scab off a festering wound in the Indo-Pak geopolitical narrative. While the film is being hailed as a cinematic powerhouse by millions, a specific circle of “intellectual” gatekeepers—the likes of Arfa Khanum Sherwani,…
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Dhurandhar: 5 Bollywood Myths Dismantled in 2025
For three decades, the Indian film industry was governed by a set of “unbreakable” rules. We were told that the audience had a short attention span, that certain faces were mandatory for success, and that “masala” was the only language the masses understood. Then came December 2025. Then came Dhurandhar. Aditya Dhar’s 3.5-hour geopolitical epic…
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Why Dawood Ibrahim Cannot Be the Bade Sahab of Dhurandhar? Tracing Pakistan’s Military History!
The shadowy figure known only as “Bade Sahab” is the central, unseen tormentor of the film Dhurandhar. He is the ultimate puppet master who connects the street-level drug trade of Karachi to the highest echelons of state-sponsored terror. The puzzle of his identity is brilliantly complicated by the film’s narrative structure, which suggests a constant,…
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